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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 34 Jack Wyatt 10 Tim Wilkerson E1 0.105 4.275 229.31 ****WINNER**** 0.152 3.939 324.05 Qualified: #14 8.324 80.32 #3 3.885 328.94Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.37 inches, adjusted altitude 2,911 feet, track temperature 80 degrees. This is the 32nd start for Jack Wyatt and his first race since St. Louis last year. Wilkerson is 3 - 1 against Wyatt in prior events. Wyatt with starting line advantage, but Wilkerson has the lead by half track and never trails from there on for the win. Wyatt starts to drift out of the groove over by the
wall, after the finish line he tags the wall. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 782 Gary Densham 771 Alexis DeJoria E1 0.060 4.699 186.61 ****WINNER**** 0.087 4.089 273.22 Qualified: #12 4.163 247.20 #5 3.895 325.85Gary Densham's first race was in 1974. Alexis DeJoria was born in 1977. This is the 498th race for Gary and that's the 11th most among all professional drivers. Densham is 2 - 1 against DeJoria in prior events. Densham with the starting line advantage, but DeJoria had the lead by the time they went past the Christmas tree. Densham with problems and clicked it off. DeJoria
was drifting out of the groove and over by the wall before she lifted. After the finish line the
engine let go with a huge fireball. She does a great job getting the car to stop and is out of
the car. There is oil...Alexis DeJoria was charged with an oildown, #3 for the season. That will
cost 15 points. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 121 Terry Haddock E1 ****WINNER**** 0.103 3.907 327.98 0.272 4.188 293.92 Qualified: #4 3.885 326.79 #13 6.009 117.57Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.38 inches, adjusted altitude 3,054 feet, track temperature 80 degrees. Ron Capps starts day with 760 round wins and that's fifth best in the history of the sport. Capps is 3 - 0 against Haddock in prior events. Capps with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over DeJoria in the next round. Haddock was
dropping cylinders right at the hit, but stayed with it. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 33 Tommy Johnson Jr. 703 Jim Campbell E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 3.948 321.88 0.122 4.134 312.21 Qualified: #2 3.871 315.34 #15 8.376 79.50Tommy Johnson has qualified in the top half of the field at 41 of his last 50 races. Johnson Jr. is 8 - 0 against Campbell in prior events. Johnson with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Campbell with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing
effort. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 2814 Matt Hagan 499 Todd Simpson E1 ****WINNER**** 0.082 3.885 330.63 0.105 6.845 100.28 Qualified: #1 3.860 328.54 #16 8.528 75.50Matt Hagan becomes just the fifth Funny Car driver to qualify No.1 40 or more times. Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs top speed of the event with this pass. Simpson started to rattle the tires and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Jack Beckman 71 Cruz Pedregon
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.081 3.933 326.16 0.071 3.981 324.98
Qualified: #6 3.917 328.70 #11 4.027 284.33
For his career Jack Beckman is 42 - 22 against members of the Pedregon family. He is 16 - 4 in
his last 20 meetings with the "family.'Beckman is 25 - 17 against Pedregon in prior events. Pedregon with the starting line advantage, but Beckman had the lead as they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the next round by 0.006 seconds. PEdregon with his quickest pass of the weekend in
the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Bob Tasca III 256 Blake Alexander
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.100 3.949 324.83 0.111 5.911 119.18
Qualified: #7 3.924 326.71 #10 3.969 313.15
Tasca III is 6 - 2 against Alexander in prior events. Tasca III with the slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to JohnsonJr. by 0.001 seconds. Alexander shook and clicked it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 373 J.R. Todd 116 Paul Lee E1 ****WINNER**** 0.088 3.881 331.36 0.103 3.932 330.39 Qualified: #8 3.927 327.27 #9 3.931 323.04Todd is 1 - 0 against Lee in prior events. Todd with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs top speed of the event for the win. He will have lane choice over Hagan in the next round by 0.004 seconds. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Lee with another good pass, just a tick off his qualifying time in the losing
effort.
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